Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 106
ऋषयो रोमकूपेषु ह्यसंख्यातास्तपस्विनः । दण्डहस्तो महाकायः कृष्णो महिषवाहनः
ṛṣayo romakūpeṣu hyasaṃkhyātāstapasvinaḥ | daṇḍahasto mahākāyaḥ kṛṣṇo mahiṣavāhanaḥ
នៅរន្ធរោមនាង មានឥសីអ្នកបួសបំពេញតបៈរាប់មិនអស់ស្ថិតនៅ។ ហើយមានព្រះអម្ចាស់កាន់ដំបង រាងកាយធំមហិមា ពណ៌ខ្មៅ—ជិះលើក្របី—ក៏បង្ហាញស្ថិតនៅដែរ។
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from nearby dialogue context)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close view of a cow’s hide shimmering with countless tiny sage-figures seated in meditation within hair-pores; nearby stands a formidable dark, staff-bearing deity riding a buffalo, embodying stern guardianship.
FAQs
Holiness is portrayed as immanent: the cow is envisioned as a vessel of tapas, sages, and divine powers, deserving protection and honor.
Not a specific tīrtha; the verse supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacrality by presenting the cow as a moving tīrtha-like embodiment of merit.
None explicitly; it is a descriptive glorification (māhātmya) establishing grounds for reverence and related meritorious acts.
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